Archimedes, c. 287 – c. 212 BCE

Biographical note

Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he
is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Among his advances in physics are the foundations
of hydrostatics, statics and the explanation of the principle of the lever. He is credited with designing innovative
machines, including siege engines and the screw pump that bears his name.

Introduction: I. Archimedes. II. Manuscripts and principal editions, order of composition, dialect, lost works.
III. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors. IV. Arithmetic in Archimedes. V. On the problems known as [neuseis]
VI. Cubic equations. VII. Anticipations by Archimedes of the integral calculus. VIII. The terminology of
Archimedes.

Works: On the sphere and cylinder, books I-II. Measurement of a circle. On conoids and spheroids. On spirals. On
the equilibrium of planes, books I-II. The sand-reckoner. Quadrature of the parabola. On floating bodies, books I-II.
Book of lemmas. The cattle-problem